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British Masters Athletic Federation are delighted that one of their active members, Zara Hyde-Peters, is now taking over as Chief Executive of UKA, the national governing body of athletics. With less than twelve months before the Olympics in Tokyo, she has a Read More

The Italian Masters are now making their final preparations for a record-breaking 5,039 competitors who will be arriving on their Adriatic coast, for the EMA Track & Field Championships. EMA allow non-Europeans to enter under certain criteria. 113 athletes from as Read More

Some of you may remember back in Malaga there were some studies being undertaken on Masters Athletes and here we are happy to post some of those findings. It also appears the researchers will be continuing with this research to aid the Read More

We are only 12 months away from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and as elite athletes train and compete in top races, it was so encouraging to read that the US Track & Field Governing Body were able to schedule in a Masters Read More

Professor Karri Wichmann It is with much sadness that we report the death of Professor Dr. Karri Wichmann, Finland, on 10 July at the great age of 93. Karri was the Europe Representative on our Anti Doping and Medical Committee from 1997-2009, Read More

Six Master Athletes showed their form in the London edition of the IAAF Diamond League , in London on the 20 / 21st July. Piotr Malachowski (36) of Poland was well down on his seasons best of 67.23 metres, in claiming a Read More

USATF Masters Championships were held over the past weekend. There were some great challenges over the 400m at the USA Masters Track & Field Nationals being held this weekend in Iowa. The M35 race was won in 49.21 by Tim Moore, Troy Read More

We were already aware that British, World and European pole vault champion Irie Hill celebrated her 2002 Commonwealth Games bronze medal by racing around a track circuit at a speed of more than 130mph at the wheel of a Formula One car, Read More

The WMA 2019 meeting took place in Toronto meeting with the efficient and dedicated LOC team. We are only a year away from what is already looking to be a great championships as the LOC aim to get all the details in Read More

The Italian Masters will host the European Track & Field Championships this year spread over three adjoining areas along the Adriatic coast in Lido de Jesolo, Caorle and Eraclea, from 5-15 September. During the recent prestigious IAAF Diamond League in Rome on Read More